An emotional and beautiful new trailer has arrived for Manga’s Big Fish & Begonia.

The animation, which has been Twelve years in the making, is a cinematic adventure that captures the unique aesthetics, mystique and rich cultural traditions of ancient China. The film entwines new storytelling, mythical legends and lyrical characters from notable Chinese classics In Search of the Supernatural, The Classic of Mountains and Seas, and Daoist classic Zhuangzi.

The film premiered in competition at Annecy International Animation Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, and has been selected to screen at New York International Children’s Film Festival in February 2018.

Directed by Xuan Liang and Chun Zhang, it has a cast of Guanlin Ji and Guangtao Jian.

The film will screen in selected cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Wednesday 18th April.

Big Fish & Begonia Official Synopsis

In a world within our world, yet unseen by any human, the beings there control time and tide and the changing of the seasons. On the day Chun turns sixteen, she is transformed into a dolphin to explore the human world. She is rescued from a vortex by a human boy at the cost of his own life. Chun is so moved by the boy’s kindness and courage that she decides to give him life again. But to do this, she must protect the boy’s soul, a tiny fish, and nurture it to grow. Through adventure and sacrifice, love grows, yet now she must release him back to the sea, back to life in the human world.
Big Fish & Begonia